After being in the works for five years, a plan to expand Hamden Middle School to accommodate sixth-grade students has been nixed, but the reason for the decision depends on whom you ask. The expansion would have allowed the district to move sixth graders from the elementary schools to the middle school, offering them more learning opportunities and freeing up space for universal pre-K.
It originally was part of the Reimagine, Restructure, Results Initiative, a $30 million districtwide proposal approved in 2019 aimed at addressing declining enrollment and impending racial imbalances in the district. By late last year, the middle school expansion was all that remained. By then, the estimated cost of the project had gone up to approximately $22 million — double the $11 million price tag the council originally authorized. In the meantime, the board is going back to the drawing board to come up with a redistricting plan.
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